Oren wrote:
On Thu, 22 Nov 2007 07:29:54 -0800 (PST), Shaun Eli
wrote:

Thank you all for your help. I find it interesting that some people
are saying that it's easily the result of saw kickback, and others are
suggesting that the whole thing is a hoax.

I must be alone, thinking "Mother Nature".

"A microburst often has high winds that can knock over full grown
trees. They usually last for a couple of seconds."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microburst

That's an awfully short time duration--don't believe it's nearly that.

I'd say it would be a possible culprit if there were other ancillary
damage/evidence -- there would be an area affected and other people
would have noticed the event. There's been no indication of any high
winds in the area to date in the narrative.

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